diff --git a/charts/vdp/templates/pipeline-backend/hpa.yml b/charts/vdp/templates/pipeline-backend/hpa.yml
index 612af32ff..36c0d8799 100644
--- a/charts/vdp/templates/pipeline-backend/hpa.yml
+++ b/charts/vdp/templates/pipeline-backend/hpa.yml
@@ -30,4 +30,22 @@ spec:
           type: AverageValue
           averageValue: {{ . }}
 {{- end }}
+{{- with .Values.pipelineBackend.autoscaling.containerAverageMemoryUtilization }}
+    - type: ContainerResource
+      containerResource:
+        name: memory
+        container: pipeline-backend-worker
+        target:
+          type: Utilization
+          averageUtilization: {{ . }}
+{{- end }}
+{{- with .Values.pipelineBackend.autoscaling.containerAverageMemoryUtilization }}
+    - type: ContainerResource
+      containerResource:
+        name: memory
+        container: pipeline-backend
+        target:
+          type: Utilization
+          averageUtilization: {{ . }}
+{{- end }}
 {{- end }}
diff --git a/charts/vdp/values.yaml b/charts/vdp/values.yaml
index f28817fd8..5717c5562 100644
--- a/charts/vdp/values.yaml
+++ b/charts/vdp/values.yaml
@@ -180,6 +180,7 @@ controllerVDP:
     maxReplicas:
     targetCPUUtilizationPercentage:
     targetAverageMemoryUtilization:
+    containerAverageMemoryUtilization:
   nodeSelector: {}
   tolerations: []
   affinity: {}